CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court confirmed on Saturday death sentences handed down to 21 football fans for their role in a stadium riot which killed dozens of people in Port Said last year, a case which has provoked violent protests in the Suez Canal city.
The court also jailed two senior police officers for 15 years for their role in the riot in February 2012, in which more than 70 people died.
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